That was my case until I discovered that GNU tar has got a pretty decent online manual - it's way better written than the manpage. I rarely forget the options nowadays even though I dont' use tar that frequently.
As much as I also do step 4, to be honest I don't see people use man anywhere near as much as they should. Whenever faced with the question "what are the arguments for doing xyz", I immediately man it and just tell them - Practically everywhere you can execute a given command, you can also read full and comprehensive documentation, just look!
No no it's this:
Decide you've gotta use tar.
man tarGuess-and-check the flags until it seems to work.
Immediately forget the flags.
That was my case until I discovered that GNU tar has got a pretty decent online manual - it's way better written than the manpage. I rarely forget the options nowadays even though I dont' use
tarthat frequently.As much as I also do step 4, to be honest I don't see people use
mananywhere near as much as they should. Whenever faced with the question "what are the arguments for doing xyz", I immediatelymanit and just tell them - Practically everywhere you can execute a given command, you can also read full and comprehensive documentation, just look!